Name: Sklaven
Released: 1975-03-19T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Evan Jones, David Collings, John Castle

Sklaven

TV Show · Classics · Documentary

Liverpool 1770. Der junge John Newton (John Castle) übernimmt sein erstes Kommando auf der "Duke of Argyll", einem Sklavenschoner. Für die damalige Zeit ein ehrenhafter Auftrag...

1975 · 52m

Starring Evan Jones, David Collings, John Castle

Director Christopher Ralling

EPISODE 1

The Old African Blasphemer

Host Ruby Dee features the recollections of the Rev. John Newton, a former captain of a slave ship in 1750.

52 min
EPISODE 2

One Man's Property

Through the 1772 Somerset Case, the Lord Chief Justice of England rules it unlawful for one man to own another.

54 min
EPISODE 3

A Matter of Insurance

The horrors of slavery come to the public's attention only after an insurance claim is filed for the death of 130 Africans.

49 min
EPISODE 4

Tight Packers and Loose Packers

From dockside brothels and bars to the 1789 House of Commons, the question of abolition provokes heated debate.

54 min
EPISODE 5

A Grateful Peasantry

The 1792 decision by the House of Commons to gradually discontinue slavery is the first small success toward abolition.

50 min
EPISODE 6

Free Paper Come

The Rev. William Knibb's speeches to numerous public meetings in England eventually lead to abolition throughout the British Empire in 1834.

51 min